ك

See also: ک [U+06A9 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH], گ [U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF], کـ, ڪ [U+06AA ARABIC LETTER SWASH KAF], and 𞹪 [U+1EE6A ARABIC MATHEMATICAL STRETCHED KAF]

ك U+0643, ك ARABIC LETTER KAF ← ق [U+0642] Arabic ل → [U+0644]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

ﻙ U+FED9, ﻙ ARABIC LETTER KAF ISOLATED FORM ← ﻘ [U+FED8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻚ → [U+FEDA]

ﻚ U+FEDA, ﻚ ARABIC LETTER KAF FINAL FORM ← ﻙ [U+FED9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻛ → [U+FEDB]

ﻛ U+FEDB, ﻛ ARABIC LETTER KAF INITIAL FORM ← ﻚ [U+FEDA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻜ → [U+FEDC]

ﻜ U+FEDC, ﻜ ARABIC LETTER KAF MEDIAL FORM ← ﻛ [U+FEDB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻝ → [U+FEDD]

Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kaːf/

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• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (letter name): IPA^(key): /kɑːf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢏 (k, “kaph”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, “kāp”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧. See also Classical Syriac ܟ (k, “kāp”), Hebrew כ (k, “kap”), Ancient Greek Κ (K), Latin K.

Letter

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf) (no case)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق (q) and followed by ل (l).

See also

• ک

Etymology 2

Symbol

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf)

1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ى and followed by ل (l).

Etymology 3

Cognate with Hebrew כ־ (k^ə) and Ugaritic 𐎋 (k).

Preposition

كَـ • (ka-)

1. like, as (followed by a genitive case)

   زَيْدٌ كَـٱلْأَسَدِ. ― zaydun ka--l-ʔasadi. ― Zayd is like the lion.

Synonyms

• مِثْلَ (miṯla)

Derived terms

• كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna)
• كَأَنَّمَا (kaʔannamā)
• كَذَا (kaḏā)
• كَذَٰلِكَ (kaḏālika)
• كَمَا (kamā)
• كَمَنْ (kaman)
• كَهَٰذَا (kahāḏā)
• هَٰكَذَا (hākaḏā)

See also

• كَمَثَلِ (kamaṯali)

Etymology 4

Cognate with Hebrew ־ך (-ḵ).

Pronoun

ـكَ • (-ka) m sg (enclitic form of أَنْتَ (ʔanta))

1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   لَكَ ― laka ― to you, for you

   بَيْتُكَ ― baytuka ― your (m.) house

   أُحِبُّكَ ― ʔuḥibbuka ― I love you (to a male)

Pronoun

ـكِ • (-ki) f sg (enclitic form of أَنْتِ (ʔanti))

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   بِكِ ― biki ― to you

   بَيْتُكِ ― baytuki ― your (f) house

   أُحِبُّكِ ― ʔuḥibbuki ― I love you (to a female)

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ك

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative1 pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), أَنْتُمُ (ʔantumu)2
	f	أَنْتِ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ (huwa)	هُمَا (humā)	هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)2
	f	هِيَ (hiya)		هُنَّ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum), إِيَّاكُمُ (ʔiyyākumu)2
	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum), إِيَّاهُمُ (ʔiyyāhumu)2
	f	إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)3	ـنَا (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُم (-kum), ـكُمُ (-kumu)2
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)4	ـهُم (-hum), ـهُمُ (-humu)2, ـهِم (-him)4, ـهِمِ (-himi)2,4
	f	ـهَا (-hā)		ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)4

1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula.
2. ـمْ (-m) becomes ـمُ (-mu) (or ـمِ (-mi) with vowel harmony) before the so-called elidable hamza (such as the definite article الـ (al--)).
3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)).
4. Vowel harmony: ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Bulgar *kü. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

كُ (kü)

1. (Volga Bulgar) this

   طَطَرْ بَلتُك هِيرِ حَجِمَ بَلُوى كُ

   Tatar Beltük hîri Hacime belüwi kü.

   This is Tatar Beltük's daughter Hacime's monument

Descendants

• Chuvash: ку (ku)

References

• Unpublished Volga Bulgarian inscriptions A. H. Khalikov and J. G. Muhametshin, page 123 [1]
• Tekin, Talât (1988), Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 111
• Erdal, Marcel (1993), Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Pronoun

ك • (-ak, -k) m

1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ازيك (to a male) ― izzáyyak ― How are you?

   بيك ― bīk ― to you

Pronoun

ك • (-ik, -ki) f

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ازيك (to a female) ― izzáyyik ― How are you?

   بيكي ― bīki ― to you

See also

• بتاع (bitā́ʕ)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ك
Cyrillic	К, к
Latin	K, k

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kæf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك • (k) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent К or к)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kaf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك (kāf) (no case)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڨ and followed by گ.

Malay

Alternative forms

• ک

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [kaf]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [k], [ɡ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [k̚]

Letter

ك / ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ‍ـك (no case)

1. obsolete form of ک
2. obsolete form of ڬ

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”). Compare Jijel Algerian Arabic ك (ka-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː/
• Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/.

Particle

ك • (ka-)

1. Used to prefix a non-past verb to mark the present tense.

   كناكل هاد الخبز ― kanākul hād el-ḵubz ― I am eating this bread

   كيقول ما بغى ― kayqūl ma bḡa ― He says what he wants.

North Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـك or ك • (-ak after consonant or -k after vowel) m

1. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
2. you, your (masculine)

Suffix

ـك or ك • (-ik after consonant or -ki after vowel) f

1. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
2. you, your (feminine)

Usage notes

• When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُن (-kun)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكِ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un)
	f	ـها (-(h/w/y)a)

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ك • (kʹ) (no case) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Persian

Letter

ك • (kâf) (no case, modern equivalent ک)

1. (obsolete) The twenty-fifth letter of the Persian alphabet, written in the Arabic script; an alternative version used in old manuscripts.

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ـكَ (-ka).

Suffix

ـك • (-ak after consonant, -k after vowel) m

2. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
3. you, your (masculine)

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ـكِ (-ki).

Suffix

ـك • (-ek after consonant, -ki after vowel) f

2. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
3. you, your (feminine)

Usage notes

• When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَـ (ka-).

Preposition

كـ • (ka-, k-)

1. as (followed by a noun)

   Synonyms: زي (zayy), متل (mitl)

   كصحاب ― ka-ṣhāb ― as friends

   كالعادة ― k-il-ʕāde ― as usual (literally, “as the habit”)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ke/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك • (ke) (no case)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك (transliteration needed) (no case, Latin equivalent K or k)

1. The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ل.